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###@@%\-.¨ - - - - ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND - - - - ¨.-\%@@###
#@@%\\--.¨ - - - - BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. - - - - ¨.--\\%@@#
#@*\\--..¨ - IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. - ¨..--\\*@#
##@@*%\-.¨ - - - THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. - - - ¨.-\%*@@##
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@*\--¨¨¨¨¨ CAME TO TRUST THEM. - - - - - - - - US ¨¨¨¨¨--\*@
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@*%%-.¨¨¨¨ WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ¨¨¨¨.-%%*@
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##@@*%\-.¨ - - - - BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, ¨.-\%*@@##
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##@@*%\-.¨ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨.-\%*@@##
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